I am an anthropologist and a journalist. An Associate professor at the Université Louis Lumière in Lyon, France, I also teach at the College of Staten Island in New York City. Until recently, my work mostly focused on the United States and the history of African American religions and politics. In 2006, my dissertation entitled Le chemin du Sankofa: Panafricanisme, religion akan et identités aux Etats-Unis explored the connections between Black nationalism and the practice of African-based religions in the US. I am the author of many articles published in international research journals. I have written two books as a single author, and have edited four special issues of research journals on African American politics and music.

Since moving to New York in 2014, I have collaborated with various French and American newspapers and magazines as a journalist. For Politis, Muziq, Jazz Magazine, and France-Amérique, I have written short and long pieces on literature, cinema, and music. Between 2018 and 2020, I expanded a short magazine piece I wrote into an intensive book project on director Louis Malle’s American films. Entitled Louis Malle. Regards sur l’Amérique, the book both highlights Malle’s trajectory as a French director in the United States and studies his visions and understanding of American cultures. It will be published in France in June 2020 (Les éditions Ovadia).